Well known during their lifetimes, Srpuhi Dussap and Zabel Yessayan wrote books about women’s rights, human rights, and Armenian life during the waning years of the Ottoman Empire. The Armenian International Women’s Association, AIWA, recently published the translations of Yessayan’s The Gardens of Silihdar, My Soul in Exile, and In the Ruins and Dussap’s novel Mayda, Echoes of Protest. The editors will discuss the transformation of the Armenian language and society which inspired these pioneering works.
The books are available from AIWA, NAASR, and the Armenian Institute.
Our speakers will be:
Lisa Gulessarian, Preceptor of Armenian at Harvard University
Judith A. Saryan, Zabel Yessayan champion, Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Eaton Vance Management (retired). Judy is currently Treasurer at NAASR
Joy Renjilian-Burgy, Assoc. Professor of Latin American Literature and film at Wellesley College, Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University, Past President of AIWA.
Danila Jebejian Terpanjian, Librarian at Harvard University (retired)
Zoom details:
Meeting ID: 813 6292 1039
Invite Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81362921039?pwd=SnVwalpORTNTbDIySU43Y3JvUDlVdz09
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